Lid for cooking vessels.



No. 852,677. PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

L. REASER.

LID FOR COOKING VESSBLS.

APPLIOATION IYILED MAR. 2a, 1906.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 1H: NORRIS r-srsxs ca., WASHINcmN, D. c.

LEWIS REAsEnoF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

LlD FOR COOKING VESSELS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed March 28, 1906. Serial No. 303,391.

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Be it known that I, LEWIS REASER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lids for CookingVessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lids for cooking vessels andwhile it is intended more particularly for use on awash-boiler, it maybe applied with equal facility to boilers of difierent shapes and fordifferent purposes.

The object of the invention is to provide a lid or cover in which thesteam or foam caused by boiling the contents of the vessel are allowedto escape through perforations in the cover and to be retained in areservoir formed thereon, this preventing the so called boiling over ofthe contents, in which case the water runs down the sides of the boilerand defaces both the boiler and the stove.

My invention is more fully described in the following specifications andclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which Figure 1, is a plan view of my lid and Fig. 2, is a centralsectional view on line X-X of Fig. 1.

The cover may be made of any suitable metal and its shape is immaterialthough I have shown it oblong with rounded ends. It is provided with theusual handle 1 and is formed with an upright wall 2-of the same outlineas the outer edge of the lid. This wall forms a reservoir and the bodyof the cover 3 is formed with a series of perforations 4 near either endof this reservoir just inside of said wall.

The outer edge 5 of the body of the cover 3 is bent down at right anglesto said body portion, and its extremity is bent inwardly upon itself,forming a bead 6 which gives a smooth finish to the edge of the lid.

Midway between the wall of the reservoir and the outer edge of the lid Iform a depression 7, approximately V-shaped and extend ing all aroundthe lid. 'lhe purpose of this depression is to catch any liquid whichmight possibly pass over the top of the wall 2, on

the sides of the boiler.

the cover, and to prevent the beads of condensed steam which form on theinside of the lid from running out to the edge and down In thisconstruction this liquid will reach only the depending edge of thedepression 7 from which it will drop into the vessel.

It will be seen that with my device the contents of the vessel are keptentirely within it. The reservoir serves to catch any liquid or foamthat may escape through the perforations and will, if in the form offoam,

It is understood that the outline or contour of the lid is immaterial asit may be circular,

oblong, square or any other form, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A lid or cover for cooking vesselscomprising a flat body having an upstanding wall thereon forming areservoir of uniform depth, a handle secured upon the bottom of saidreservoir and extending above the wall, said reservoir bottom havingperforations, an annular, angular rib upon the lower face of the coverand adjacent the periphery thereof,

said rib constituting a moisture retainer,

there being an annular groove or channel in the upper face of the coverand above the rib, said groove being disposed outside the wall, and aflange depending from the periphery of the cover.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS REASER. I/Vitnesses:

ED. A. KELLY, J. OR. KELLY.

